Slavs in medieval Europe. The influence of Byzantium on the Slavic culture
An important role in the history of medieval Europe was played by the Slavs. They settled in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and were divided into western, eastern and southern.
Slavic tribes lived during their stay and in the north of Europe – in the basin of the river. Laba, and on the Baltic coast. But they were crowded with francs, and later – German knights. Until the end of the XII century. The Germans established themselves on this territory. The Polabo-Pomorie Slavs dissolved among the conquerors – they lost their language and customs.
In the second half of the first millennium, Slavic states appeared. The first was the principality of Samo, which was inhabited mainly by Czechs, morals and Slovaks. But it soon broke up into independent principalities. One of these principalities, the Moravian, formed in the 9th century. The Great Moravian state.
Almost until the end of the first millennium Slavs professed paganism. But the course
Cyril and Methodius were born in a Greek city, which the Slavs called the Thessalonica. Therefore they were called “brother of the brothers”. These Bulgarian enlighteners have developed only one Slavic alphabet, whereas it is known that the Slavs used two alphabets: Glagolitic and Cyrillic. Which of them, the Glagolitic or the Cyrillic alphabet, was developed by the “brother’s brothers” – it is not known exactly.
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